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(New page: '''''"Freak Me Out"''''' is the eleventh song from Weezer's fifth studio album, ''Make Believe'' (2005). It is notable for it's extensive use of harmonics. ==Overview== Alt...) |
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===Band Commentary=== | ===Band Commentary=== | ||
'''FREAK ME OUT''' | '''FREAK ME OUT''' | ||
''[laughter] | ''[laughter]'' | ||
Brian: I’m already on the record saying it’s about a spider, that’s all I know about it. But it’s some of the coolest guitar stuff ever, and I can say that because Rivers came up with it, so I don’t sound conceited. But I think that Rivers didn’t want the harmonics on it—[to Rivers] right, at one point? | ''<br>Brian: I’m already on the record saying it’s about a spider, that’s all I know about it. But it’s some of the coolest guitar stuff ever, and I can say that because Rivers came up with it, so I don’t sound conceited. But I think that Rivers didn’t want the harmonics on it—[to Rivers] right, at one point? | ||
Rivers: Uhhhh…probably. [laughs] | <br>Rivers: Uhhhh…probably. [laughs] | ||
Brian: But there’s three guitars playing those harmonics. There were notes that I didn’t know even made harmonics. It took me a long time to figure out what was going on, and how to play it. It was a song, for me, that I discovered things about the guitar I didn’t know about. And that’s always amazing when you’ve been playing an instrument for 20 years, and you find a new sound it makes - it’s cool, you know? | <br>Brian: But there’s three guitars playing those harmonics. There were notes that I didn’t know even made harmonics. It took me a long time to figure out what was going on, and how to play it. It was a song, for me, that I discovered things about the guitar I didn’t know about. And that’s always amazing when you’ve been playing an instrument for 20 years, and you find a new sound it makes - it’s cool, you know? | ||
Scott: It reminds me of the apartment that Rivers had above the Sunset Strip, with like, a yoga mat, a spoon, a bowl, a bar of soap, and a towel—that’s about all that was in there. | <br>Scott: It reminds me of the apartment that Rivers had above the Sunset Strip, with like, a yoga mat, a spoon, a bowl, a bar of soap, and a towel—that’s about all that was in there. | ||
Rivers: I didn’t have a bowl! [laughter] I didn’t! | <br>Rivers: I didn’t have a bowl! [laughter] I didn’t! | ||
Scott: …and just sitting in there…and it was just, I don’t know… | <br>Scott: …and just sitting in there…and it was just, I don’t know… | ||
Brian: It’s probably the most un-Weezer-like track that’s ever been on an album, whatever that means, and I think, you know, that that could be good. | <br>Brian: It’s probably the most un-Weezer-like track that’s ever been on an album, whatever that means, and I think, you know, that that could be good. | ||
Rivers: I think, it didn’t work until Pat put the drum-beat on there. Cuz when I originally wrote it, and recorded the demo, it was some weird, New Age drum beat that I found in the Casio. | <br>Rivers: I think, it didn’t work until Pat put the drum-beat on there. Cuz when I originally wrote it, and recorded the demo, it was some weird, New Age drum beat that I found in the Casio. | ||
Scott: Oh yeah, it was total, like, “In the Air”… | <br>Scott: Oh yeah, it was total, like, “In the Air”… | ||
Rivers: “This song’s kinda cool, but…” | <br>Rivers: “This song’s kinda cool, but…” | ||
Scott: It was like a Phil Collins beat! | <br>Scott: It was like a Phil Collins beat! | ||
Rivers: And then as soon as Pat put his beat on it, it sounded like Weezer. | <br>Rivers: And then as soon as Pat put his beat on it, it sounded like Weezer. | ||
Scott: Yeah, Pat’s beat is correct on that song. | <br>Scott: Yeah, Pat’s beat is correct on that song. | ||
Brian: It was a good…it was fun song to track live as a band too. I felt like something special happened while tracking it. '' | <br>Brian: It was a good…it was fun song to track live as a band too. I felt like something special happened while tracking it.'' | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Make Believe]] | * [[Make Believe]] | ||